Food and Wine selects 10 “up-and-coming innovators who have run their own kitchens for five years or fewer” from 10 regions across the country, then puts it to the public for a vote. The chefs with the most votes from each region will be named finalists. And the chef with the top number of votes among the finalists will be crowned The People’s Best New Chef on Monday, March 12.

Duncan joins other Northwest and Pacific nominees, including Ben Bettinger of Beaker and Flask in Portland, Ore.; Sheldon Simeon of Star Noodle in Lahaina, Hawaii; and Cormac Mahoney of Madison Park Conservatory in Seattle.